Sarah Silverman | Trump's Bonkers Message to Norway Over Greenland; Nobel Committee's Response to Trump: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
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4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at Trump sending a message to Norway complaining that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize and threatening to invade Greenland.
Following that, Sarah Silverman tries out new stand-up material on the "Late Night" audience before talking about making her Broadway debut in Simon Rich's play "All Out" and her dream of endorsing tongue scrapers for oral care.
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump said on Saturday that he will impose escalating tariffs on eight European nations |
| 0:08.3 | until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland. Man, he really wants Greenland. He hasn't been |
| 0:14.4 | this interested in an island since the 90s. |
| 0:17.6 | From 31st the 90s. |
| 0:26.6 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, |
| 0:28.5 | please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:30.5 | On today's show, Seth talks to comedian |
| 0:32.2 | and actress Sarah Silverman. |
| 0:33.9 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:40.3 | Yeah. But first, a closer look. Donald Trump sent a message to Norway, complaining that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, which is not decided by the government of Norway. |
| 0:49.3 | And in that same letter, he threatened to invade Greenland, which is a part of Denmark, because he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, which he thinks is decided by Norway, which it's not. And also, it's a |
| 0:58.9 | different country than Denmark, which oversees Greenland, which is not Norway. For more on this, |
| 1:03.6 | it's time for Seth rubs his temples and tries to disassociate for 15 minutes. Oh, nope, my bad, |
| 1:09.5 | that was yesterday. Sorry. |
| 1:11.1 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:12.6 | Well, the news has once again gotten dumber and more exhausting. |
| 1:19.6 | It's just another day living in Donald Trump's snow globe where the snow is cocaine and it never |
| 1:24.8 | stopped shaking. |
| 1:26.7 | America's been through a lot over the years, but the one thing we've mercifully never had to deal with was a president who had a boner for winning awards. You're the president of the United States. That should be award enough, except this guy gets elected and his next thought is, better make room in the trophy case. You know what I think it's so bad right now? It's movie award season, and it's just making him crazy with jealousy. Like, he's complaining to Melania every time Shalamee wins another one. Mel? Mel, are you watching the globes in your own bedroom? The separate one that has a double-bolted lock? Well, Shalemay won again. Mel, that probably makes him a front-runner for the Oscar now, Mel. |
| 2:03.6 | So that's two he has that I don't, Mel. |
| 2:06.6 | Mel, when you turn on your hair dryer, |
| 2:09.6 | it makes it harder to hear me, not easier. |
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